dissimulationnoun [ U ]
/ˌdɪsˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən//ˌdɪsˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/formalthe fact of trying to hide your real feelings, character, or intentions:
He was capable of great dissimulation and hypocrisy.
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Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- belie
- bite
- bite your lip idiom
- clinically
- detachment
- evenly
- expressionless
- glaze
- hard-bitten
- icy
- immune
- impassive
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
- stoicism
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